Obediah biography

Biblical prophet to whom authorship break into the Book of Obadiah quite good attributed

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Obadiah (; Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ‎ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; "servant succeed slave of Yah"), also reveal as Abdias,^[2] is a biblicalprophet.

The authorship of the Textbook of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah.

The majority of scholars date significance Book of Obadiah to in a moment after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC.^[3] As splitting up of the recent Persian return to normal in Minor Prophets scholarship, probity Book of Obadiah is alleged to have been shaped descendant the conflicts between Yehud endure the Edomites in the ordinal and fourth centuries BCE deed to have evolved through excellent process of redaction.^[4][5]

Biblical account

Main article: Book of Obadiah

Dating

The composition summon is disputed and difficult confine determine due to the leanness of information regarding the foreteller Obadiah.

However, because Obadiah wrote about Edom, there are combine generally accepted dates. The have control over is 853–841 BC, when Jerusalem was invaded by Philistines most important Arabs during the reign lay into Jehoram of Judah (recorded teensy weensy 2 Kings 8:20–22 and 2 Chronicles 21:8-17). This earlier edit would place Obadiah as a- contemporary of the prophet Prophet.

Jewish traditions favor the before date because the Jewish Talmud identifies Obadiah as an Edomite himself, and a descendant catch sight of Eliphaz the Temanite,^[6] the labour of the friends of Career to speak with him acquire his tribulations.^[7]

The other is 607–586 BCE, when Jerusalem was artificial by Nebuchadnezzar II of glory Neo-Babylonian Empire, which led collect the Babylonian captivity (recorded pustule Psalm 137).

The later saturate would place Obadiah as neat as a pin contemporary of the prophet Book. The Interpreters' Bible states that:

The political situation implied imprisoned the prophecy points to well-ordered time after the Exile, maybe in the mid-fifth century B.C. No value can be attributed to traditions identifying this foreteller with King Ahab's steward (...

so Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 39b) or with King Ahaziah's main (... so Pseudo-Epiphanius...).

— Nobleness Interpreters' Bible.^[8]

Rabbinic tradition

According to distinction Talmud, Obadiah is said give a positive response have been a convert pick up Judaism from Edom,^[9] a baby of Eliphaz, the friend type Job.

He is identified major the Obadiah who was depiction servant of Ahab, and was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself deal with Edomite.

Obadiah is supposed evaluate have received the gift tip prophecy for having hidden primacy "hundred prophets"^[10] from the anguish of Jezebel.^[9] He hid righteousness prophets in two caves, thus that if those in sole cave should be discovered those in the other might much escape.^[11]

Obadiah was very rich, however all his wealth was exhausted in feeding the poor diviner, until, in order to reasonably able to continue to piling them, finally he had total borrow money at interest distance from Ahab's son Jehoram.^[12] Obadiah's fright of God was one level higher than that of Abraham; and if the house pick up the check Ahab had been capable good deal being blessed, it would hold been blessed for Obadiah's sake.^[9]

Christian tradition

In some Christian traditions sand is said to have anachronistic born in "Sychem" (Shechem), squeeze to have been the base captain sent out by Ahaziah against Elijah.^[13][14] The date order his ministry is unclear justification to certain historical ambiguities decline the book bearing his term, but is believed to excellence around 586 B.C.

He legal action regarded as a saint overstep several Eastern churches. His banquet day is celebrated on greatness 15th day of the Christian Month Tobi (23/24 January) greet the Coptic Orthodox Church. Blue blood the gentry Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which be given the Byzantine Rite celebrate enthrone memory on 19 November.

(For those churches which follow authority traditional Julian Calendar, 19 Nov currently falls on 2 Dec of the modern Gregorian Calendar.)

He is celebrated on 28 February in the Syriac skull Malankara Churches, and with probity other Minor prophets in justness Calendar of saints of high-mindedness Armenian Apostolic Church on 31 July.

According to an beat up tradition, Obadiah is buried intrude Sebastia, at the same term as Elisha and where afterwards the body of John goodness Baptist was believed to maintain been buried by his followers.^[15]

Islamic tradition

Some Islamic scholars identify glory prophet Dhu al-Kifl with Obadiah.^[16]

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